The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 1]
The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume, volume 1, is a Japanese woodblock-printed sketchbook by Nishimura Nantei, published in Kyoto in 1804 for a general readership of artists and print buyers. Its double-page spreads are loose, quick ink sketches of townspeople, street scenes and daily life. A designer could take from them the economy of a few confident contour lines, with figures suggested through posture and clothing rather than detailed shading.
![Picture 1 of 6 from The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 1] (1804), leaf 5](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16276-5-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 6 from The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 1] (1804), leaf 8](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16276-8-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 6 from The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 1] (1804), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16276-10-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 6 from The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 1] (1804), leaf 12](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16276-12-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 6 from The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 1] (1804), leaf 14](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16276-14-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 6 from The Nantei Picture Album, Supplementary Volume (Nantei gafu) : [volume 1] (1804), leaf 21](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16276-21-1.webp)